Question.
Collect information about thermal/hydel power plants located in Uttar Pradesh. Show them on the map of India.
( Chapter - 5 Minerals and Energy Resources, Cass X NCERT Contemporary India -II )
Answer.
The following are major hydel power plants in Uttar Pradesh:
Rihand hydel power plant( Sonbhadra, Rihand river)
Obra Hydel power plant ( Sonbhadra, , Rihand river)
Khara Hydel power plant( Saharanpur, on Asan river)
Nirganjini Hydel power plant ( Muzaffer Nagar, Upper Ganga canal)
Matatila Hydel power plant ( Lalitpur, Betwa river)
Thermal power plants generate electricity through coal.
The following thermal power plants are located in Uttar Pradesh:
Obra Power Station ( Sonbhadra)
Anpara Power Station ( Sonbhadra)
NTPC Sakti Nagar or Singarauli Thermal Power Plant ( Sonbhadra)
Renusagar Power plant ( Sonbhadra)
Panki Thermal Power Plant ( Kanpur)
Pariccha power station ( Jhansi)
Jawarpur Vidyut Utpadan ( Etawa)
Harduaganj power station ( Aligarh)
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